NEW BLOOD 2021
NEW BLOOD 2021 is an exhibition which has its roots in the Los Angeles architecture scene in the 1990’s and curated by the larger than life Bernard Zimmerman and friends.
Thus begun a movement to establish a permanent exhibition space for Architecture and Design, culminating in the A+D Museum Los Angeles, where Joe Addo is credited as a founder. This current version does not pretend to be anything else but the African version, showcasing the next generation of African Architecture.
As with the original, the hope is that these young architects selected by Joe Addo, contribute to the Design Space for decades to come. Joe is very aware of how transformational the Los Angeles version of the 1990’s has been on his career and life.
These participants are:
James Inedu-George
James Inedu-George is a Nigerian Architect, and interdisciplinary intellectual working internationally. He is a founding partner of the innovation and architecture company Hub City Ltd, popularly know as HTL.
Valerie Mavoungou
Valerie Mavoungou, originally from Congo-Brazzaville, is an architect and founder of Atelier Tropical, a Sub-Saharan architecture studio interested in engaging with modern, minimalist and neoregionalist African aesthetics.
Kobina Banning
Kobina Banning, is a Ghanaian architect and interdisciplinary thinker practicing from Kumasi Ghana. He is the founder of Fusion Architecture, a non-profit organization in Ghana.
Frank Amankwah
Frank Amankwah is a Ghanaian born architect, based in London. He is the Director of Novate ACS, an architecture and construction company.
Hermann Kamte
Hermann Kamte is a Camerounian Architect practicing from Yaounde, Cameroun. He is the founder of Herman Kamte & Associates in Cameroun.
Maxwell Mutanda
Maxwell Mutanda is a Zimbabwean born pluridisciplinary researcher and visual artist and co-founder of the design firm Studio [D]Tale based out of London, Harare and Cape Town.
Korantemaa Larbi
Korantemaa Larbi practices as an architect in New York City. She is the founder and Editor-in-chief of the online magazine Design233, which features architecture, art and design by Africans at home and abroad.
Mokena Makeka
Mokena Makeka is a South African architect and a principal of Makeka DesignWorks in Cape Town, South Africa.
Kofi Adomako
Kofi Adomako founded Adomako Architekten in Paderborn, Germany in 1998. The company has since expanded to include offices in Bielefeld.
Dahlia Roberts Nduom
Dahlia Roberts Nduom is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Howard University. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her Masters from Columbia University.